Overclocking tools of the trade

[sswilson]

Been a while since we revisited this. What are folks using these days for stress/stability testing?

While I don't use the adjustment settings I still like Intel's XTU for stress testing both CPU and Memory. I really like the fact that it includes a decent enough live monitor graphing function. Other than that, I'll typically run the CPU-Z stress test for quick and dirty checks, and a 3D Mark looping benchmark (either firestrike, or the sky diver depending on what card I've got in the system) for a couple of hours minimum.

Is anybody still using OCCT?

 

[lowfat]

I use folding@home to stress test a cpu. It's an AVX load and might as well do some good while testing.